Codington County, SD
The federal environmental record for Codington County (population 28,971): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Codington reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
11 facilities in Codington filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 579k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WORKHORSE CABS LLC DBA CRENLO ENGINEERED CABS | WATERTOWN | Manganese, Chromium | 535k lb |
| GLACIAL LAKES ENERGY LLC | WATERTOWN | Acetaldehyde, Ammonia | 33k lb |
| FIBERGLASS SPECIALTIES INC | WATERTOWN | Styrene | 10k lb |
| DAKOTA BODIES LLC | WATERTOWN | Manganese, Chromium | 379 lb |
| MILLER ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO | WATERTOWN | Copper | 135 lb |
| TEREX SOUTH DAKOTA | WATERTOWN | Manganese, Aluminum (fume or dust) | 4 lb |
| DAKOTA TUBE BUILDING 3 | WATERTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| SPARTRONICS WATERTOWN LLC | WATERTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| DAKOTA TUBE BUILDING 1 | WATERTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| TWIN CITY DIE CASTINGS CO - WATERTOWN DIV | WATERTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| GCC-WATERTOWN | WATERTOWN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 100 tank facilities in Codington: 105 tanks in service and 222 closed. 105 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Codington as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 4 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Codington, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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